/*
 *   Copyright 2010 Gerard Stannard
 *
 *   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *   You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *   limitations under the License.
 * 
 */

/**
 * 
 * @author Gerard Stannard
 *
 */

package org.jbuilt.utils;

import java.io.Serializable;

public class IdGenerator
    implements Serializable
{

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 4181500217722317802L;
	public static long staticId = 0L;
	
    private long id;
    private String prefix;

	public IdGenerator(String s)
    {
        id = 0L;
        prefix = s;
    }

    public final String generateId()
    {
        id++;
        return new StringBuilder().append(prefix).append(id).toString();
    }

    public final static String generateId(String prefix)
    {
        staticId++;
        return new StringBuilder().append(prefix).append(staticId).toString();
    }


    
}
